ligustrum

American

[li-guhs-truhm] / lɪˈgʌs trəm /

noun

any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.

Etymology

Origin of ligustrum

< New Latin (Linnaeus); Latin: privet

Example Sentences

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Turner in 1538 says, "ligustrum arbor est non herba ut literatorū vulgus credit; nihil que minus est quam a Prymerose."

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

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